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Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) Degree
Thematic Concentration in Healthcare Administration
Course Descriptions
Health Administration Courses
HADM 307 Health Informatics (3 credits)
Explores the resources, devices, and
methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage,
retrieval, and use of health information to strengthen the
organization’s operational performance and market
position. The course will explore how information technology can be used to
restructure work processes and systems, as well as
facilitate change within the healthcare organization..
HADM 425 Financial Management &
Budgeting in Healthcare (3 credits)
Creates an understanding of the use of
financial management concepts and techniques in health
management decision making..
HADM 440 Managerial Epidemiology and the
Public’s Health (3 credits)
Provides a systematic approach to the
evidence-based practice of epidemiological preventive
care to promote population health. Students will learn about the
traditional epidemiologic model of disease as well as
various conceptual models and frameworks that are used to expand the
traditional model to include community-based networks,
health care systems, and collaborative partnerships. The
application of these models to health services
management represents the evolution of epidemiology for use in health services
management..
HADM 450 Health Policy and Politics (3
credit)
Provides students with an overview of
the political context of healthcare organization and
delivery. Specific attention will focus on health care regulations,
payment sources, and policy formulation and
implementation..
HADM 462 Supervision in Healthcare (3
credits)
Provides an integrated overview of
management and organization principles and practices for
supervisors. Introduces students to a general management
framework and fundamental tools from management and
organization science that supervisors use to meet strategic and
technical organization goals. Course topics focus on the
supervisor’s job, managing individuals and groups in
organizations, managing operations, and managing the
environment..
HADM 492 Seminar: Health Systems (3
credits)
Provides students an opportunity to
intensively investigate topics in Health Administration.
Organizational Management Courses
COMT 310 Organizational Communication (3
credits)
Introduces material related to
organizational socialization, structure, climate,
leadership, power, and conflict management..
COMT 322 Principles of Public Relations
(3 credits)
Explores the fundamentals of the public
relations field and develops the skills necessary for
the public relations practitioner. The course provides the
student with practical experience in the development of
public relations materials, such as brochures and press releases, as
well as the skill for the implementation of
communication programs within the organization..
MGMT 321 Principles of Management (3
credits)
Introduces the principles of managing
organizations (both public and private). The course
familiarizes the student with the skills needed by managers and the best
practices used by organizations in a changing global
environment. Topics include diversity, globalization,
motivation, social responsibility, leadership, strategic
planning, group dynamics, and organizational change..
MIS 330 Principles of Management
Information Systems (3 credits)
Introduces the fundamental concepts of management
information systems in business organizations.
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